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We like to believe that we have agency, that we can pick our way through the world. We like to believe that by being good people, helpful...

Award-winning advocate for refugees available for interviews, media opportunities Samira Harnish, founder of Women of the World, and...

Every year, the Fashion show is an opportunity to highlight something displaced women can teach us. Last year we highlighted the harms...

Refugee Support is a non-profit that offers humanitarian aid with dignity to refugees, while also supporting the local economy....

“Affecting and utterly eye-opening, The Girl Who Smiled Beads is a powerful reminder of just how strong and indomitable the human spirit...

Josephine’s Journey Three thousand miles. That’s how far Josephine walked through the jungle to escape the bloody civil war in the...

“https://womenofworld.org/wp-content/uploads/2442263001_566ae6ffd6_b-1.jpg” It wasn’t until high school that I realized I’d been...

Refugee women thank Abby for her help. Abby shares a special moment with a friend she’s made working here at Women of the World. Women...

What rights do humans have to refuge? How far wrong is the value-claim that fails to extend help to the victims of war and genocide? What...

The first thing you notice about Kaltum is her quiet presence and lilting voice. When she turns to talk to you, her smile widens slowly,...

Women of the World loves Utah, gives in Utah! We are so happy to be a part of this community that is so neighborly, that helps our ladies...

“The WoW podcast team: Samira, Mary, Saida, Christine, and Abby” FEBRUARY, 2017 The crowd from the March for Refugees — almost 8,000 by...

Nimo Hashi nervously adjusted her hijab as she scanned the passengers arriving at the Salt Lake International Airport terminal last...

On behalf of the hundreds of women refugees served by Women of the World and on behalf of the immigrants, like me, from the Middle East,...

The resistance against the moral failings of the current administration has begun. Immigrants, native Utahns, Mormons, and Muslims all...

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We’d like you to meet Cosette. Her story is one of courage, resilience, and unfailing optimism. From her childhood in a Rwandan refugee...

Young Salt Lake City refugees in their colorful hijabs When asked why she wears hijab, Baidaa is quick to answer. “I wear it because I...

I am excited to announce that I was recently accepted into the University of Utah nursing program for Spring 2017, which will serve as a...

“We Are All in this Together” Salt Lake City Mayor Jackie Biskupski’s key note speech to the Women of the World Sixth Annual Celebration...